Migration Contracts with Work from Home Options

Migration
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Migration skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Migration over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 17 22
Rank change year-on-year -3 +5 -3
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,201 2,181 3,409
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 7.96% 8.68% 7.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.04% 9.67% 8.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 798 1,508 2,452
10th Percentile £363 £400 £375
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £625
90th Percentile £712 £730 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 32 33
10th Percentile - £20.25 £16.75
25th Percentile £15.50 £64.25 £26.25
Median hourly rate £17.00 £70.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -75.71% +55.56% -6.25%
75th Percentile £20.56 £70.06 £63.00
90th Percentile £24.50 £87.50 £84.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £65.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year -38.93% +129.82% +78.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Migration is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,282 22,550 40,272
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.98% 89.75% 91.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,890 15,929 29,247
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 574 522 532
10th Percentile £15.05 £18.63 £13.75
25th Percentile £25.50 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £60.00 £69.31 £55.38
90th Percentile £75.18 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

Migration
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Migration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Migration trend for jobs with a WFH option

Migration
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Migration.

Migration daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Migration
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Migration over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Migration daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Migration
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Migration.

Migration hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Migration
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 81 (6.74%) SharePoint
2 48 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (1.50%) IIS
4 15 (1.25%) Confluence
5 14 (1.17%) CMS
6 12 (1.00%) Exchange Server 2007
6 12 (1.00%) Exchange Server 2010
7 11 (0.92%) SharePoint 2013
8 10 (0.83%) Exchange Server 2003
8 10 (0.83%) Exchange Server 2013
8 10 (0.83%) Skype for Business
9 7 (0.58%) ArcGIS
9 7 (0.58%) Oracle Workflow
10 6 (0.50%) SAS
11 5 (0.42%) Apache Solr
12 4 (0.33%) Drupal
12 4 (0.33%) nginx
13 3 (0.25%) FileNet
13 3 (0.25%) Umbraco
13 3 (0.25%) WebSphere
Applications
1 23 (1.92%) MS Visio
2 21 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.083%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.083%) Maya
7 1 (0.083%) Trello
7 1 (0.083%) Weka
Business Applications
1 42 (3.50%) Dynamics CRM
1 42 (3.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.75%) Loan IQ
3 18 (1.50%) Oracle EBS
4 12 (1.00%) Elite 3E
5 11 (0.92%) SAP MDG
6 9 (0.75%) SAP FI
7 7 (0.58%) NEC Housing
7 7 (0.58%) Oracle EBS R12
7 7 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
7 7 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
7 7 (0.58%) SimCorp Dimension
8 6 (0.50%) Oracle Financials
8 6 (0.50%) Oracle General Ledger
8 6 (0.50%) SAP CO
9 5 (0.42%) Oracle Assets
9 5 (0.42%) SAP Retail
9 5 (0.42%) Workday HCM
10 4 (0.33%) SAP Payroll
10 4 (0.33%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 287 (23.90%) Azure
2 131 (10.91%) AWS
3 112 (9.33%) Microsoft 365
4 71 (5.91%) Dynamics 365
5 70 (5.83%) Power Platform
6 58 (4.83%) GCP
7 45 (3.75%) Azure DevOps
7 45 (3.75%) SaaS
8 38 (3.16%) Entra ID
9 24 (2.00%) PaaS
10 23 (1.92%) IaaS
10 23 (1.92%) Serverless
11 21 (1.75%) PowerApps
12 20 (1.67%) OCI
13 19 (1.58%) Azure Data Factory
14 16 (1.33%) Amazon S3
15 15 (1.25%) Amazon EC2
16 13 (1.08%) GitHub
17 12 (1.00%) Amazon EKS
17 12 (1.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 45 (3.75%) Firewall
2 28 (2.33%) VPN
3 27 (2.25%) DNS
4 19 (1.58%) SAN
5 18 (1.50%) Network Security
6 13 (1.08%) WAN
7 12 (1.00%) IPsec
8 11 (0.92%) BGP
8 11 (0.92%) TCP/IP
8 11 (0.92%) Wireless
9 10 (0.83%) LAN
9 10 (0.83%) NAS
9 10 (0.83%) Skype
10 9 (0.75%) FTP
10 9 (0.75%) MPLS
10 9 (0.75%) NetScaler
10 9 (0.75%) OSPF
10 9 (0.75%) SD-WAN
10 9 (0.75%) SSL
10 9 (0.75%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (7.24%) SQL Server
2 51 (4.25%) Data Warehouse
3 47 (3.91%) Power BI
4 42 (3.50%) Oracle Database
5 35 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
6 24 (2.00%) Big Data
6 24 (2.00%) Relational Database
7 23 (1.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 20 (1.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 19 (1.58%) Oracle Database 11g
10 18 (1.50%) NoSQL
11 17 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
12 16 (1.33%) Data Lake
13 13 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (1.08%) BigQuery
13 13 (1.08%) MongoDB
13 13 (1.08%) MySQL
14 11 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
15 9 (0.75%) GIS
15 9 (0.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 55 (4.58%) JIRA
2 20 (1.67%) Git
2 20 (1.67%) Jenkins
3 11 (0.92%) Visual Studio
4 9 (0.75%) TeamCity
5 7 (0.58%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 6 (0.50%) Cypress.io
6 6 (0.50%) Selenium
7 5 (0.42%) Eclipse
7 5 (0.42%) ERwin
8 4 (0.33%) Visual Studio Team System
9 3 (0.25%) Bitbucket Server
9 3 (0.25%) CA Release Automation
9 3 (0.25%) GitLab
9 3 (0.25%) LSMW
9 3 (0.25%) Snyk
9 3 (0.25%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.25%) TestRail
9 3 (0.25%) Toad
General
1 291 (24.23%) Finance
2 270 (22.48%) Social Skills
3 134 (11.16%) Public Sector
4 89 (7.41%) Banking
5 56 (4.66%) Analytical Skills
6 34 (2.83%) Retail
7 31 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
8 27 (2.25%) Marketing
9 25 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
10 24 (2.00%) Manufacturing
11 22 (1.83%) Telecoms
12 21 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
13 20 (1.67%) Legal
14 13 (1.08%) Billing
15 12 (1.00%) Back Office
15 12 (1.00%) Financial Institution
15 12 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 12 (1.00%) Local Government
16 10 (0.83%) Investment Banking
17 9 (0.75%) Law
Job Titles
1 223 (18.57%) Architect
2 154 (12.82%) Consultant
3 128 (10.66%) Analyst
4 111 (9.24%) Project Manager
5 110 (9.16%) Developer
6 105 (8.74%) Senior
7 77 (6.41%) Solutions Architect
8 75 (6.24%) Lead
9 71 (5.91%) Business Analyst
10 39 (3.25%) Technical Architect
11 37 (3.08%) Data Analyst
12 35 (2.91%) Data Engineer
13 32 (2.66%) Migration Engineer
14 31 (2.58%) Migration Manager
15 30 (2.50%) DBA
15 30 (2.50%) Migration Consultant
16 28 (2.33%) Data Consultant
17 24 (2.00%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
17 24 (2.00%) Migration Project Manager
18 23 (1.92%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (3.58%) .NET
2 24 (2.00%) JSON
3 20 (1.67%) Oracle Fusion
4 17 (1.42%) Web Services
5 16 (1.33%) LDAP
5 16 (1.33%) SailPoint
6 14 (1.17%) REST
7 13 (1.08%) Middleware
8 12 (1.00%) .NET Framework
8 12 (1.00%) XML
9 11 (0.92%) ARM Templates
10 9 (0.75%) Kafka
10 9 (0.75%) SAML
10 9 (0.75%) SOAP
10 9 (0.75%) WCF
11 7 (0.58%) AWS CDK
11 7 (0.58%) RabbitMQ
11 7 (0.58%) YAML
12 6 (0.50%) React
12 6 (0.50%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 89 (7.41%) Data Centre
2 55 (4.58%) Legacy Systems
3 38 (3.16%) Replication
4 29 (2.41%) Data Structures
5 27 (2.25%) Cloud Native
6 22 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (1.83%) Management Information System
7 19 (1.58%) Onboarding
8 17 (1.42%) Taxonomies
9 13 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
10 10 (0.83%) NHS
11 9 (0.75%) Product Ownership
12 8 (0.67%) Clustering
12 8 (0.67%) Legacy Applications
13 7 (0.58%) Public Cloud
14 6 (0.50%) Tandem
15 5 (0.42%) Fixed Income
15 5 (0.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 5 (0.42%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 131 (10.91%) Windows
2 65 (5.41%) Linux
3 33 (2.75%) Windows Server
4 26 (2.16%) Unix
4 26 (2.16%) VMS
5 18 (1.50%) Windows 10
5 18 (1.50%) Windows Server 2012
6 13 (1.08%) Windows Server 2008
7 12 (1.00%) Windows Server 2003
8 11 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (0.67%) CentOS
9 8 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 8 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (0.42%) OpenVMS
11 4 (0.33%) Oracle Linux
11 4 (0.33%) Solaris
11 4 (0.33%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.17%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (0.17%) Android
12 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 420 (34.97%) Data Migration
2 174 (14.49%) Agile
3 160 (13.32%) Problem-Solving
4 139 (11.57%) DevOps
5 97 (8.08%) Stakeholder Management
6 93 (7.74%) Project Management
7 87 (7.24%) ETL
8 74 (6.16%) Change Management
9 73 (6.08%) CI/CD
10 71 (5.91%) CRM
10 71 (5.91%) Data Modelling
11 66 (5.50%) ERP
12 63 (5.25%) Business Intelligence
13 62 (5.16%) User Acceptance Testing
14 61 (5.08%) Project Delivery
15 57 (4.75%) Roadmaps
16 53 (4.41%) Architectural Design
17 51 (4.25%) Validation
18 48 (4.00%) Analytics
18 48 (4.00%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 206 (17.15%) SQL
2 72 (6.00%) PowerShell
3 61 (5.08%) Python
4 43 (3.58%) Java
5 38 (3.16%) C#
6 31 (2.58%) JavaScript
7 24 (2.00%) PL/SQL
8 15 (1.25%) PHP
9 14 (1.17%) T-SQL
10 12 (1.00%) ABAP
11 8 (0.67%) Perl
12 7 (0.58%) TypeScript
13 6 (0.50%) ActionScript
13 6 (0.50%) COBOL
14 5 (0.42%) DCL
14 5 (0.42%) Scala
14 5 (0.42%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.33%) Bicep
15 4 (0.33%) Go
15 4 (0.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 128 (10.66%) Security Cleared
2 108 (8.99%) SC Cleared
3 71 (5.91%) Degree
4 19 (1.58%) Azure Certification
5 18 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (1.25%) DV Cleared
6 15 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (0.75%) CCNP
10 7 (0.58%) PMP
11 6 (0.50%) ISTQB
11 6 (0.50%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.50%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.50%) SAP Certification
11 6 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (0.42%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.42%) CTC Cleared
13 4 (0.33%) CISSP
13 4 (0.33%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (4.91%) QA
2 53 (4.41%) Data Quality
3 22 (1.83%) GDPR
4 20 (1.67%) PMO
5 18 (1.50%) NIST
6 16 (1.33%) Accessibility
7 8 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.50%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.33%) IFRS
9 4 (0.33%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.25%) SLA
11 2 (0.17%) GRC
11 2 (0.17%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.083%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.083%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.083%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.083%) GAAP
12 1 (0.083%) GxP
12 1 (0.083%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.083%) SOC 2
System Software
1 108 (8.99%) Active Directory
2 38 (3.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (1.67%) Docker
4 14 (1.17%) vSphere
5 12 (1.00%) Hyper-V
6 11 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (0.83%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.58%) HDFS
8 7 (0.58%) NFS
9 6 (0.50%) KVM
10 5 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.33%) XenApp
11 4 (0.33%) XenDesktop
12 3 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (0.17%) Firmware
13 2 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.083%) Microsoft App-V
14 1 (0.083%) OpenIDM
14 1 (0.083%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 45 (3.75%) Terraform
2 36 (3.00%) Kubernetes
3 25 (2.08%) Ansible
4 20 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
5 17 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
6 16 (1.33%) SCCM
7 11 (0.92%) Grafana
8 10 (0.83%) vCenter Server
9 5 (0.42%) Data Guard
9 5 (0.42%) FortiGate
9 5 (0.42%) Puppet
10 4 (0.33%) Avamar
10 4 (0.33%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.33%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.33%) VxRail
11 3 (0.25%) Argo
11 3 (0.25%) Kibana
11 3 (0.25%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.17%) TIBCO Hawk
12 2 (0.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 219 (18.23%) Microsoft
2 126 (10.49%) Oracle
3 123 (10.24%) SAP
4 53 (4.41%) ServiceNow
5 50 (4.16%) VMware
6 41 (3.41%) Cisco
7 34 (2.83%) Google
8 26 (2.16%) Salesforce
9 22 (1.83%) Databricks
10 18 (1.50%) Dell
10 18 (1.50%) NetApp
11 16 (1.33%) IBM
12 15 (1.25%) F5
13 14 (1.17%) CyberArk
13 14 (1.17%) Palo Alto
14 13 (1.08%) Citrix
15 12 (1.00%) Adobe
15 12 (1.00%) BeyondTrust
15 12 (1.00%) Informatica
16 11 (0.92%) Workday